• Funding educational programs that are not in the school budget (examples below)
• Helping the teachers assemble packets to go home with their students
• Helping to stock "Paws' Pantry" with supplies like tissues and anti-bacterial wipes
• Planning and executing events that raise funds and bring the community together
• Mayo Spirit Wear
• Extra expenditures not in the budget:
• School logo on the gym floor
• Electric piano for music classes
• Family Events
• Movie Night
• Shows at Hanover Theater, Worcester
• Skate Night
• Summer Celebration
• Mayo Staff Appreciation Luncheon
• Purchase computer software for classroom use

Past and Future Enrichment Programs

Sound

Magnets

What are magnets used for? What does the force around a magnet look like? Are size and strength of a magnet proportional? Explore the many sides of magnets. Take home magnets and your own magnetic field viewing chamber.

Physical Changes of Matter

Investigate the physical properties of solids, liquids and gasses. Dry ice and liquid nitrogen make learning the five changes of state very dramatic. Shatter flowers and rubber balls, use a banana as a hammer, and even shrink solid metal in just a few seconds!

Museum of Science - Boston

Animal Habitats

Engineering: Windmill Workshop

Students practice the steps of the engineering design process as they test how changing aspects of a windmill blade affect its efficiency. They design and test their own blades with a strong emphasis on planning and redesign. The program also incorporates physical science framework connections and math connections such as graphing results.

Pumpernickel Puppets

Pumpernickel Puppet shows are presented with a cast of colorful puppet characters, audience participation, live voices and sound effects and fast paced scripts that educate as well as entertain. A demonstration period follows every performance giving the audience some insight into what happens behind the scenes.

Historical Perspectives for Children, Inc

Benjamin Franklin - Statesman, Inventor

Young Ben was a voracious reader, possessing a profound curiosity which fueled his love of learning. Despite having less than two years of formal education, he quickly learned the printing trade from his brother, James, and left home at age 17 to make his own way in the world. He eventually landed in Philadelphia where he opened a printing business, the success of which enabled him to "retire" by age 42.

Never content to merely make a living, however, Ben was always intent on making a difference. He founded America's first circulating library and greatly improved the postal service. His inventions included the Franklin Stove, swim fins, the lightning rod, bifocals, and the glass armonica, the first musical instrument invented by an American.

And then, at the age of 70, he became a revolutionary, campaigning tirelessly for America's independence and helping to write both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. While he always referred to himself as "Ben Franklin, a printer," he was considered world-wide to be the first great American.

Ben's story will ignite the natural curiosity of all students and also challenge them to ask, "Why?" "What if?" and "What can I do to make a difference?"